Ac/cep-tā'tion, n.

n. 1. A receiving with favor or approbation; a state of being acceptable; favorable regard; kind reception. [Obs.] This is a saying worthy of all acceptation. 1 Tim. i. 15. Some things are of great dignity and acceptation with God. Hooker. 2. The meaning or sense in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received; as, a term is to be used according to its usual acceptation. My words, in common acceptation, Could never give this provocation. Gay.